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[ExplicitContent]

With the 50% off sale for champion and hero mechs, are there any must have heroes?

I already own the Huggin, Ember, X-5, and Misery.

What is the next hero or champion that is worth its weight in 50% MC and why?

[Troutmonkey]

I was going to suggest the Misery, and the X-5.

Personally next I'm going for the Oxide and Arrow. The blackjack looks like a really solid chassis and the Arrow will let me have fun with 6MG builds. The Oxide is just because it's a Jenner, and that SRMs look like they're going to become a lot better when the PTS goes live. It's a very unique mech

Edited by Troutmonkey, 24 November 2015 - 04:10 PM.

[Axeface]

Are you a good shot with an AC20? If so you cant go wrong with the Wang. Best mech in the game for me.

[Navid A1]

I have the wang, and muromets... solid mechs!

gonna pick up Dragon slayer (it is going to be un-F*ed after the rebalance it seems), and Grid Iron, maybe Oxide... or firebrand

[Troutmonkey]

Axeface, on 24 November 2015 - 04:14 PM, said:

Are you a good shot with an AC20? If so you cant go wrong with the Wang. Best mech in the game for me.

I have the Loyalty CN9-AH with an AC20 and 3xSRM4. I took it for a run last night and I have to say I've gotten terrible at aiming... So embarrassing

[Bishop Steiner]

Wang. The only hero you will ever need.

[Xetelian]

Yen Lo Wang is a solid performer.
Firebrand can hold two Gauss
Grid Iron has great Gauss quirks so it might be nerfed harder in the future.

Edited by Xetelian, 24 November 2015 - 04:35 PM.

[Cyborne Elemental]

Enforcer-4P is Wang on steroids, spend elsewhere.

Firebrand, not a must have, but definitely a good Hero heavy.
I own a BJack-Arrow, its nice.
ShadowHawk-GreyDeath will be nice after the next balance pass.
Ilya-MM, not a must have, but decent heavy.

[Kaeb Odellas]

Mister D, on 24 November 2015 - 04:40 PM, said:

Enforcer-4P is Wang on steroids, spend elsewhere.

Firebrand, not a must have, but definitely a good Hero heavy.
I own a BJack-Arrow, its nice.
ShadowHawk-GreyDeath will be nice after the next balance pass.
Ilya-MM, not a must have, but decent heavy.

The 4P doesn't have the Wang's lovely AC20 quirks.

The Huginn is a lot of fun, but it'll get nerfed back to irrelevance after the balance pass.

Edited by Kaeb Odellas, 24 November 2015 - 06:21 PM.

[Clydewinder]

Ilya Muromets is a great mech - so many viable builds for that one.

Ilya, Dragon Flame and Fang, and BJ-Arrow get the most play of my Hero mechs.

Don't have a Misery but if I was a Stalker guy I certainly would buy one. Me? I prefer mechs with guns on the arms.

[ExplicitContent]

Kaeb Odellas, on 24 November 2015 - 04:42 PM, said:

The 4P doesn't have the Wang's lovely AC20 quirks.

The Huginn is a lot of fun, but it'll get nerfed back to irrelevance after the balance pass.

I have ENF-4P already. While it may not have the YLW AC20 quirks, it can carry an additional 2 ML. I am not sold on YLW because it is easily recognizable and that right arm goes quick

What about Jester? With the catapult fix(?) is it going to be good post balance?

[Axeface]

Mister D, on 24 November 2015 - 04:40 PM, said:

Enforcer-4P is Wang on steroids, spend elsewhere.

Firebrand, not a must have, but definitely a good Hero heavy.
I own a BJack-Arrow, its nice.
ShadowHawk-GreyDeath will be nice after the next balance pass.
Ilya-MM, not a must have, but decent heavy.

It's a great mech but I prefer the Wang, the 4P doesnt have the luxury of the great shield arm and really tanky cross-section (lots of gaps in the wang for people to miss you). I have survived things the the wang that no other mech could.

And, the build in the wang is 2 MPL and the AC20, it is a surgeon.

Edited by Axeface, 24 November 2015 - 04:49 PM.

[Roadkill]

Firebrand is a good dual Gauss platform, also does 2 x AC/5 + 2 x PPC well.

Ilya is really good if you can make the Cataphract platform work for you. I can't... I die far too quickly for it to be viable.

[cSand]

ILYA with 3 LBX 10s


FUN TO THE MAX

[Lexx]

I got the Sparky on one of the previous hero mech sales and I really like it.

Decked out with 2 large pulse and 4 medium lasers it puts out some solid damage. Strangely it also seems tankier than my other Griffins.

[TheArisen]

Blackjack. The Arrow is good with ×3 Lpls & the 1X variant is epic.

Firebrand is good, it's pretty even with regular Jeager variants.

Gray Death is gonna get a nice buff as well.

[Leone]

Well, obviously the Pirates Bane, that's an easy choice.

Afterwards it gets harder... I'mma thinking a triple uac5 Muromets myself. Yes, I know it doesn't have great poking hardpoints, but poking is not what uac 5 builds do best.

~Leone.

Edited by Leone, 24 November 2015 - 05:09 PM.

[LordNothing]

i think im gonna grab that there huggin, i think i have the mc to cover it, and if i dont i can event.

ilya good, its probibly the best hero i ever bought (do try 3 ac10s), misery is ok. pirates bane is nice to be able to run a red line ecm. huggin has been on the get list for ages and its probibly time to own it.

Edited by LordNothing, 24 November 2015 - 05:49 PM.

[xX PUG Xx]

Speaking from experience, since I have all of them, YLW is the simplest and most consistant performing Hero to play although Ilya, Firebrand and Heavy Metal each are strong performers.

The Ilya with triple UAC5 and triple Medium Lasers is pretty simple to get used to, the Firebrand can do a few good mixes of weaponry and I tend to run triple Large Pulse and a Gauss rifle on the H-M.

*Edit* (I forgot about these)

The Grid Iron, Protector and Dragon Slayer are also pretty solid 'Mechs and can fit various roles and loadouts but I'm unsure what the Quirk changes will do to them as I have not been keeping up with it.

I wouldn't say any of them are "top tier" but they can be fun and effective if given the chance, plus the obvious CBill benefit to using them makes it a worthwhile effort.

Edited by xX PUG Xx, 24 November 2015 - 06:03 PM.

[Ted Wayz]

Have them all. When will there be a whale sale to burn off some MC?

Love them all with the exception of the Death Knell and IV Four. Being a medium missile guy the Golden Boy would probably be my favorite for scoring. But for pure nostalgia the St Ives Blue is the ride for me.

Pick the chassis you like the most and just buy that hero?